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Author: Simon Hobson
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Identifying an installed physical hard drive without damage
Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@???> wrote:

> ... then see which drive's lights flash a lot (if the drive has a light).


Ah yes, those were the days <strokes grey beard>.
I can only assume that they were dropped to save money - and it's really annoying when trying to do things like this (figure out which drive is which). I've noted that on servers I've worked with, the activity (and fault) LEDs are on the [SCSI|SATA|SAS] backplane - using light pipes to make them appear on the front of the caddy.